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{{ii}} This is an unintended bug. Sega is working on fixing it as soon as possible.<ref>{{Refsnip|url=http://steamcommunity.com/games/584400/announcements/detail/1448326045461380318|title=In regards to DRM. :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Sonic Mania|date=2017-08-30|snippet=Sonic Mania is intended to be played offline and we're investigating reports on that.}}</ref>
 
{{ii}} This is an unintended bug. Sega is working on fixing it as soon as possible.<ref>{{Refsnip|url=http://steamcommunity.com/games/584400/announcements/detail/1448326045461380318|title=In regards to DRM. :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Sonic Mania|date=2017-08-30|snippet=Sonic Mania is intended to be played offline and we're investigating reports on that.}}</ref>
 
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Use [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_F1gyHiB4fdeVhkV2xoY2tvNjA/view Sonic Mania Offline Patch].
 
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Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania cover
Developers
Headcannon
PagodaWest Games
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows August 29, 2017
Sonic Mania guide on StrategyWiki
Sonic Mania on Wikipedia
Sonic the Hedgehog fangames (series)
Sonic CD 1995
Sonic's Schoolhouse 1996
Sonic 3D Blast (series)
Sonic & Knuckles Collection 1997
Sonic R (series)
Sonic Adventure (series)
Sonic Heroes 2004
Sonic Mega Collection Plus 2006
Sonic Riders 2006
Sonic Racing (series)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2010
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 2010
Sonic Spinball 2010
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 2011
Sonic 3 & Knuckles 2011
Sonic Generations 2011
Sonic CD (2012) 2012
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I 2012
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II 2012
Sonic Dash 2014
Sonic Lost World 2015
Sonic Mania 2017
Sonic Forces 2017
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mobile Decompilation) 2021
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mobile Decompilation) 2021
Sonic Colors: Ultimate 2021
Sonic Origins 2022
Sonic Frontiers 2022
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog 2023
Sonic Superstars 2023
Sonic Dream Team 2023
Sonic X Shadow Generations 2024

Key points

The game suffers from a bug causing the game to only be playable while online. See The game cannot be played offline for how to resolve it.

General information

Official website
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/584400/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/584400/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

The game is made on a definition of 424x240. If you want to have a sharp and clean image, you need to multiply that definition by two each time in windowed mode. On a 1920x1080 monitor, x4 is the best choice, but since this multiplier is not available in the options, you have to set it manually.[2]
Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Japanese

Issues fixed

The game cannot be played offline

"Steam Error: Steam user must be logged in to play this game"
This is an unintended bug. Sega is working on fixing it as soon as possible.[3]
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Gamepad issues

The game favors USB HID for gamepad input, but will fallback to XInput in some situations. Generally this would not be that bad, but it is not very smart about which USB HID input device it chooses. If you have input remapping software present, disable it... do everything you can to avoid your controller showing up in multiple different input APIs. A DualShock 4 controller natively supports USB HID, you do not need the Steam overlay or DS4Windows further confusing this poor little game.[4]
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Developer menu

Instructions

Trinitron CRT shader

A custom CRT screen shader more closely matching the old Trinitron CRTs.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Sonic Mania on Steam
  2. Steam Community :: Guide :: How to get the sharpest image
  3. In regards to DRM. :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Sonic Mania - last accessed on 2017-08-30
    "Sonic Mania is intended to be played offline and we're investigating reports on that."
  4. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SpecialK